Line break in SSRS expression

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I'm having trouble adding a line break in SSRS 2008.

I've tried all of these different ways but nothing is doing it.

"+ chr(10) +" , "& chr(10) &" , "& chr(13) & chr(10) &" , "& vbcrlf &" , "+ vbcrlf +" , "Environment.NewLine"

Here's my textbox expression:

=IIF(First(Fields!VCHTYPE.Value, "Dataset1")="C","This is a huge paragrpah of text." +
vbcrlf + "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "I want to separate the paragraphs." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "Its not working though."
, "This is the second huge paragraph of text." +
vbcrlf + "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "I want to separate the paragraphs." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "Its not working though." )

Lotta answered 28/2, 2014 at 13:56 Comment(1)

It works for me. Check your Error List when you preview it. Also just to rule it out, try replacing the VCHTYPE value with "C". – Clapper 28/2, 2014 at 19:48

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UseEnvironment.NewLine instead of vbcrlf

Forrestforrester answered 28/2, 2014 at 14:0 Comment(3)

Can you elaborate on why to use Environment.NewLine instead of vbcrlf? What are the benefits of the one over the other, or why not use vbcrlf? – Vulpine 6/5, 2020 at 21:58

As a note on this (as covered by Samrat Sarang and krilovich answer below), if your placeholder is set to HTML then you will need to use '<br />' as newline / vbcrlf will not work. – Counterproductive 12/8, 2022 at 0:38

If RDL Sandboxing is enabled you cannot use Environment.NewLine, you won't be able to publish the report. VbCrLf is the way to go in that scenario. – Ramekin 8/11, 2022 at 11:53

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If your placeholder is in html enabled mode then "<br />" will work as a newline

Prajna answered 28/9, 2015 at 13:20 Comment(1)

As a note on this (as covered by Samrat Sarang answer below), this is the only way to do newline if your placeholder is set to HTML. – Counterproductive 12/8, 2022 at 0:37

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This works for me:

(In Visual Studio)

Open the .rdl file in Designer (right-click on file in Solution Explorer > View Designer)
Right-click on the Textbox you are working with, choose Expression

In the Set expression for: Value box enter your expression like:

="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & Environment.NewLine() 
& "second line of text. Field value: " & Fields!Field1.Value & Environment.NewLine() 
& "third line of text."

Signac answered 17/12, 2014 at 21:43 Comment(0)

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In Order to implement Line Break in SSRS, there are 2 ways

Setting HTML Markup Type
Update the Markup Type of the placeholder to HTML and then make use of <br/> tag to introduce line break within the expression

="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & "<br/>" & Parameters!Param1.Value

Using Newline function
Make use of Environment.NewLine() function to add line break within the expression.

="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & Environment.NewLine() & Parameters!Param1.Value

Note:- Always remember to leave a space after every "&" (ampersand) in order to evaluate the expression properly

Cleveland answered 8/5, 2019 at 9:56 Comment(0)

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You should NOT quote your Environment.NewLine man. Try "Your Text" & Environment.NewLine.

Nordine answered 28/8, 2014 at 3:40 Comment(0)

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Use the vbcrlf for new line in SSSR. e.g.

= First(Fields!SAPName.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPStreet.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPCityPostal.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPCountry.Value, "DataSet1")

Jointworm answered 25/9, 2017 at 15:19 Comment(0)

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I've always had luck with the Chr(10) & Chr(13) - I have provided a sample below. This is an expression for an address text box I have in a report.

=Iif(Fields!GUAR_STREET_2.Value <> "",Fields!GUAR_STREET.Value & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & LTrim(Fields!GUAR_STREET_2.Value),Fields!GUAR_STREET.Value)

Also, if you are building a string you need to concatenate stuff together with an & not a + Here is what I think your example should look like

    =IIF(First(Fields!VCHTYPE.Value, "Dataset1")="C","This is a huge paragrpah of text." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "I want to separate the paragraphs." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) &  Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "Its not working though."
, "This is the second huge paragraph of text." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "I want to separate the paragraphs." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "Its not working though." )

Humidor answered 7/7, 2016 at 14:52 Comment(0)

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It wasn't working for me either. vbcrlf and Environment.Newline() both had no effect. My problem was that the Placeholder Properties had a Markup type of HTML. When I changed it to None, it worked like a champ!

Vinasse answered 31/8, 2015 at 15:33 Comment(0)

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You Can Use This One

="Line 1" & "<br>" & "Line 2"

Odoric answered 10/10, 2017 at 16:27 Comment(0)

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In my case, Environment.NewLine was working fine while previewing the report in Visual Studio. But when I tried to publish the rdl to Dynamics 365 CE, I received the error "The report server has RDLSandboxing enabled and the Value expression for the text box 'Textbox10' contains a reference to a type, namespace, or member 'Environment' that is not allowed."

So I had to replace Environment.NewLine with vbcrlf.

Insert answered 9/2, 2021 at 22:24 Comment(0)

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